Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Alternative spelling: Cystiphylloides (Lythophyllum)
Synonyms: Nardophyllum Wedekind 1925, Patridophyllum Ulitina 1968, Plagiophyllum Wedekind and Vollbrecht 1932, Wedekindophyllum Stumm 1949
Parent taxon: Cystiphyllinae according to A. E. H. Pedder and R. Feist 1998
See also Kiessling 2003, Pedder 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Lythophyllum bermotiensis Lythophyllum proliferum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), Austria (1), Canada (5: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (2), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (4), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (2), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 34 collections including 40 occurrences
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